Chronic Heartburn May Boost Risk for Esophageal Cancer

<p>FRIDAY, May 18 (<span>HealthDay News</span>) — Inflammation caused by chronic
heartburn might boost a risk of <span>esophageal cancer</span>, a new study
finds.</p>
<p>The condition — rigourously famous as <span>gastroesophageal reflux disease</span>
(<span>GERD</span>) — occurs when a flesh during a finish of <span>the esophagus</span> doesn’t close
properly, permitting stomach essence to trickle behind into a esophagus and
irritate it.</p>
<p>GERD can lead to changes in a hankie backing a esophagus, a
condition called Barrett’s esophagus, mostly a predecessor to esophageal
cancer.</p>
<p>In a study, researchers looked during scarcely 34,000 <span>GERD patients</span> in
Denmark and found that 77 percent had inflammation of a backing of the
esophagus, a condition called astringent reflux disease. During an average
follow-up time of 7.4 years, 0.11 percent of patients g...